Is Water Wet?

[igneouscheatah 3]

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Edited January 3, 2020 by igneouscheatah

[DarkAlias 154]

3 minutes ago, igneouscheatah said:

Water isn't wet. Water can make things wet but is not wet itself. For example, if you were to pour water on more water, the water would not make the other water "wet". However, if you pour water on an object, it becomes wet.

If it can't make it wet, its not wet. If it can make it wet, its wet.

[Frosty 89]

16 minutes ago, Jarold said:

Wet = "covered or saturated with water or another liquid." .Water Is not wet, you cant saturate water with water, nor can you make water more wet (wetness is measurable). Wetness is caused by coming into contact with water,  just because it makes other things wet doesn't make it wet itself. 

The icecube though, can definitely be wet (even as it melts). Extremely frozen ice feels dry and kind of sticky to the touch, pour water on it & it becomes wet & slippery (sounds hot).

  

Water is a liquid not a gas. Wetness is our description of what we feel when we put our hand in water. Saying water is wet is like saying that wood is hard or fire is hot.

Sensory receptors on our hand send information about the water to our brain. Our brain receives the information from our sensory receptors and processes it. A combination of temperature, pressure and the way water moves tells our brain that water is wet.

 

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[Jarold 234]

@Frosty  "Water is a liquid not a gas. Wetness is our description of what we feel when we put our hand in water. Saying water is wet is like saying that wood is hard or fire is hot.

Sensory receptors on our hand send information about the water to our brain. Our brain receives the information from our sensory receptors and processes it. A combination of temperature, pressure and the way water moves tells our brain that water is wet." 

 Nice copy pasta? (http://www.planet-science.com/categories/under-11s/our-world/2012/02/why-is-water-wet.aspx)

Maybe in the case of a person getting wet. Your definition ignores the fact that anything can get wet, not just humans. tf?

[The Great Trixie 1]

@SheepDogIdk maybe ask Spongebob, he lives in water.

[Frosty 89]

7 hours ago, Jarold said:

@Frosty  "Water is a liquid not a gas. Wetness is our description of what we feel when we put our hand in water. Saying water is wet is like saying that wood is hard or fire is hot.

Sensory receptors on our hand send information about the water to our brain. Our brain receives the information from our sensory receptors and processes it. A combination of temperature, pressure and the way water moves tells our brain that water is wet." 

 Nice copy pasta? (http://www.planet-science.com/categories/under-11s/our-world/2012/02/why-is-water-wet.aspx)

Maybe in the case of a person getting wet. Your definition ignores the fact that anything can get wet, not just humans. tf?

Nah he copied me

[AlexConway 1,166]

17 hours ago, IAreNemesis said:

Is fire on fire? No.

Um yes it is.... 

[Vandal 18]

This is retarded syntax. Wet is not a scientific measurement, it it a qualitative observation.

Confirming or denying water is in fact wet is also a paradox. You cannot test if water is wet other than directly interacting with it. The result would be that the instrument interacting with it would itself become wet. If you try to claim water is dry, you would also be false, seeing as water by its very nature of imparting wetness would make itself wet as that is an innate property that is shred by contact. Wet is the presence of water, thus water itself would be wet by the mere presence of itself.

[Simon G 64]

Water isn't wet. Wetness is a description of our experience of water; what happens to us when we come into contact with water in such a way that it impinges on our state of being. We, or our possessions, 'get wet'. A less impinging sense experience of water is that it is cold or warm, while visual experience tells us that it is green or blue or muddy or fast-flowing. We learn by experience that a sensation of wetness is associated with water: 'there must be a leak/I must have sat in something.'

Jacqueline Castles, London W2.

[SheepDog 17]

1 hour ago, Evity said:

Water is wet if you disagree contact my assistant @Mel Ester to disconnect your internet connection.

I disagree. And I will not contact your pupil. Reported.

[IAreNemesis 8]

3 hours ago, Alex Conway said:

Um yes it is.... 

No. Wood in an active fire pit is on fire. The fire itself is not on fire. The same rule applies to liquids affecting dry substances.

 

The fact that this discussion even exists is fucking dumb.

[AlexConway 1,166]

2 minutes ago, IAreNemesis said:

No. Wood in an active fire pit is on fire. The fire itself is not on fire. The same rule applies to liquids affecting dry substances.

 

The fact that this discussion even exists is fucking dumb.

The sooner you realize this thread is purely semantics, hmu. 

[IAreNemesis 8]

Just now, Alex Conway said:

The sooner you realize this thread is purely semantics, hmu. 

Take it to shitpost then. Rant is for rants.

[SheepDog 17]

46 minutes ago, IAreNemesis said:

No. Wood in an active fire pit is on fire. The fire itself is not on fire. The same rule applies to liquids affecting dry substances.

 

The fact that this discussion even exists is fucking dumb.

hey watch your fucking language.

[MrInconvenience 20]